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• Can the Postal Service be Saved?

  Source: CBS News

  With Losses Mounting, Postal Service Seeks Autonomy, Pushes to Cut Saturday Service; Rep. Danny Davis Calls for a Bailout

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• $50,000 to clean up a 2 oz mercury spill with pic.

  Source: American Thinker

  George Orwell where are you? Here is the headline in my local newspaper today: "Mercury Removal from T.F. [Twin Falls, Idaho] Apartment complex results in $50,000 bill." That's right - fifty grand. Two ounces of mercury were found in the road that leads into an apartment complex.

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• Chinese diners eat live fish in YouTube video

  Source: Telegraph

  Animal rights campaigners have criticised the Chinese over their extreme eating habits after a video of diners eating a live fish became a hit on the internet.

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• Brother: 'Everybody's in shock' after Apollo Beach man allegedly set wife on fire

  Source: St. Petersburg Times > Local News

  APOLLO BEACH — Gary Hanney says he knew his brother Chris was having marital problems, but they didn't seem serious enough to raise red flags. They talked by phone Sunday and discussed Thanksgiving plans. Nothing seemed amiss.

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• The new wave of female firebrands striking fear into liberal America

  Source: Guardian Unlimited

  She is a striking brunette with a decidedly outspoken attitude. She lambasts President Barack Obama as a socialist and has become the darling of America's right-wing activists who flock to her appearances. She is hated by liberals and loved by conservatives.

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